"Oh, well, that is an excellent consolation, oui," he replied.
He blinked at the word "curveball", but he understood the context and so he did not feel the need to ask for an explanation. "How does one make this Enchanter mad?" he asked, since that was something that required explaining. "I would think that it takes... not much, yes? Not much to make him mad, if he does not let people be close to him."